Abstract The Chang Family Collection contains Chinese and English language correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, printed matter, and artifacts collected by multiple transnational generations of the Chang family, also known by the surname Chung or Zhang. Originating from a village in Guangdong, China, the Chang family first immigrated to the United States in the year 1900, and underwent successive waves of immigration and reverse migration between the two nations over the course of the...

Abstract The DeFalla Family collection consists of CHSSC founding documents, papers and artifacts reflecting Chinese American life, collected by the DeFalla family. It is arranged at a series and sub-series level. This collection is significant to CHSSC because it contains items regarding its own founding as well as artifacts that tell the story of Chinese American life and showing the connections in Southern California. Available through this collection are glimpses of Chinese American life through...

Content Description This collection contains 176 photographic prints of 76 unique images taken by L.T. Holman Gotchy, as well as postcards by Gotchy and other unknown photographers, featuring buildings, streets, and residents of Old Chinatown area in Los Angeles. The collection includes photographs taken by Gotchy between 1938 and 1959 and reproduction photographs taken between 1876 and the 1930s by unknown photographers. The photographs capture the exteriors and signage of local businesses such as Jin Hing...

Content Description Approximately 1,270 black and white photos of Peiping (Beijing), Soochow (Suzhou), Nanking (Nanjing), Shanghai, the Great Wall of China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Tsinanfu (Jinan), as well as of the ocean journey via San Francisco, Hawaii, and Yokohama, from 1933 to 1934. Most prints are approximately 3.25 by 4.75 inches. 496 of the prints are thumbnail sized, approximately 1.25 by 1.5 inches, which mostly correspond to the larger prints and have descriptions written on verso.Most of...